Funding and Building your Business

Montana businesses should emphasize the state’s “mystique” when trying to go global, but there’s a lot of research to do before shipping out that first order. By the AP The IR “The point is, there…

Effective business planning is critical to an entrepreneurial company’s long-term success and its ability to raise capital and grow successfully. As a result, bankers, accountants, consultants and academics have written volumes about business plans. by…

A survey by Northwestern Mutual of the class of 2001 college graduates found that more than half (56 percent) said it was likely that they would work for themselves someday. By Craig Earnshaw Brigham Young…

Entrepreneurship is not dead. And don’t bother to tell aspiring dealmakers enrolled in M.B.A. programs throughout the U.S. that this is not a good time to raise money from venture capitalists. by Katherine Goncharoff TheDeal.com…

Rob Ryan and the team at Entrepreneur-America http://www.entrepreneur-america.com/ have redesigned and improved the website to make it more useful and accessible for entrepreneurs and professionals. Among many improvements, the site now utilizes the eService customer…

You think the past five years were nuts? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! It’s only going to get weirder, tougher, and more turbulent. Which means that leadership will be more important than ever — and…

Q: My husband and I own an aquatic furniture business where we sell unique and customized waterfalls and aquariums. We began operations in April 2001. We’ve made moderate sales, which increase as the word gets…

When Classmates.com was founded in 1995, the company decided to use the subscription model. "If customers are not willing to pay," said CEO Michael Schutzler, who joined in 2000, "it’s not a business." By Tom…

The patent office has been criticized for allowing a thicket of patents to grow in recent years. By Julie Landry Redherring.com In today’s economy, driven as much by ideas as by actual products, patents are…

Prominent journalist shares details of Internet experience In 2000 Jonathan Weber became the founding editor of one of the fastest-growing magazines in history. Kellyn Brown for the Kaimin In 2001, when the bearings broke on…